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The United States is in the process of implementing a countrywide system of educational standards called the Common Core. It determines the reading and math skills that all students should reach at each grade, from kindergarten through high school. The standards aim to implement the education that students need to succeed in today’s world. The Common Core has received a lot of … [Read more...] about The Book Is on the Table: Having a Common Core

"Historically speaking, animating female characters are really, really difficult, because they have to go through these range of emotions, but you have to keep them pretty and they’re very sensitive to — you can get them off a model very quickly. So, having a film with two hero female characters was really tough, and having them both in the scene and look very different if … [Read more...] about Chasing the Unicorn: Lady Lore

  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid gathered the votes necessary this week to push the so-called nuclear option forward—nominees coming from the president’s desk would only need a simple majority, that is, fifty votes, rather than the traditional sixty votes needed to overcome cloture.  This seemingly small change in parliamentary procedure has sparked huge outrage … [Read more...] about One Nation Under Who?: It’s All A Dirty Game

Last week I talked about a panel of women who discussed their writing careers in comedy. Comedy is an intriguing form of entertainment in terms of the creative process. Everyone has a different sense of humor. Someone might be in tears from laughter while someone will go "why was that funny?" Then there's the question: can somebody become funny or is it something that happens … [Read more...] about Girls on Film: A Golden Age of Comedy?

Brazil practices one of the most radical affirmative action laws in South America. It reserves 50 percent of spots in public universities for public high school students who are also economically underprivileged minorities. However, public high school students are usually rejected from public universities not because they are being discriminated against, but because public … [Read more...] about The Book Is on the Table: This Is Not about Discrimination